Goto Careers in Sport home page
Latest Careers in Sport News
Careers in Sport - Job AdvertsUniversity of Derby Sports Research
Performance Analyst
Name:
Richard Whiffin
Degree:
BSc Sport & Physical Ed
Msc Performance Analysis
Employer:
London Irish Rugby Football Club
Richard Whiffin
London Irish Rugby Football Club
Typical DayAdvantagesQualificationsWhere to Study

A day in the life of a...
Performance Analyst


Job Description
A Performance Analyser monitor and record sporting performances and liaise with coaches and athletes in the training and competition environments to improve their performance.

A day in a life of a Performance Analyst
The day will start with coding of opposition teams previous matches followed by detailed team and individual analysis of the next opposition. Team profiling documents will be presented to the coaches and as a management group; team game plans will be drawn up. Attack & defence presentations will be created on line with the team’s game plan to be shown & presented to the team before training. Training is filmed and then reviewed afterwards to see if the game plan had been implemented in training and to view the player’s skill execution throughout. Game plan sheets and a presentation of the opposition will then be drawn up and given to the players to take home and study.